We like to think we're pretty good at creating online courses. But where would the fun be in not sharing that knowledge with you?! We've published quite a few articles in the past with information about creating online courses. From idea conception, to picking titles, right up to getting an audience for your course. Here's a quick round-up of our best pieces: Online Course Ideas: How to Know if Your Topic Will Sell Unfortunately, picking a course topic is not as easy as … [Read more...] about Creating Online Courses – a Round Up
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Interview with Danny Iny on Challenges of Building Online Courses that Get Results
Do you struggle at all with building online courses that will be profitable AND get amazing results for your students? I recently did a short audio interview (19 minutes) with Danny Iny of The Course Builder's Laboratory in which we discussed the following challenges: Differentiating yourself in a crowded market where many others are selling courses on the same topic as you (and some are from big names in the industry) Building the right amount of interactivity and support into an … [Read more...] about Interview with Danny Iny on Challenges of Building Online Courses that Get Results
Facilitation Skills: Tips for Encouraging Interaction and Engagement in Your Courses
Are you happy with the results you’re getting when you facilitate your courses or other group sessions? Standing up in front of a group of people and singing a song or acting out a performance might earn you a round of applause in some situations. Even an interesting presentation can result in a standing ovation. But facilitating a workshop or group discussion probably won’t have the same effect. So how do you know if you’re doing it well? You can have amazing, professional quality content … [Read more...] about Facilitation Skills: Tips for Encouraging Interaction and Engagement in Your Courses
How to Convert Text to a Mind Map in 3 Easy Steps
Are you a visual person? Do you have difficulty picking out the key points in a big block of text? If so, you can be sure that readers or viewers of your content feel the same way. So wouldn’t it be great if you could just grab the content and convert the text to a mind map? If you have a large block of text; for example a lengthy blog post or article, it’s tough to imagine how that would look sprawled over a page as a mind map… but it can serve as a great tool for viewers to help them … [Read more...] about How to Convert Text to a Mind Map in 3 Easy Steps
How to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking & Give Presentations with Pizzazz
How do you feel before you have to give a presentation or speak in public? Get a little nervous or sweaty? Feel a little nauseous? Or maybe, like me, you have to run to the bathroom 20 times even though you don't really need to! It's OK to be nervous. That extra adrenaline can give you the energy you need to nail the presentation and exude enthusiasm. But if your fears of speaking live are stopping you from giving any presentations, then you need to get over it somehow. You're going … [Read more...] about How to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking & Give Presentations with Pizzazz
Online Course Ideas: How to Know if Your Topic Will Sell
Having trouble coming up with profitable online course ideas? Stuck on which topic to teach? Worried that after all your hard work creating a course, it won't sell? We put out at least 1 big course each month at Content Sparks. That's 12+ course topics per year that we have to come up with. Then we have to invest the time, resources, and money to create all the materials and marketing content that go with each. Does each course sell equally well? No. Do I have a pretty good idea of … [Read more...] about Online Course Ideas: How to Know if Your Topic Will Sell
Teaching Emotional Intelligence: The #1 Skill for Success
Schools continue to measure success primarily by academic grades, but they're still in their infancy when it comes to teaching the skill that determines people's ultimate success in the world - Emotional Intelligence. Your own target market and customers may be incredibly smart and did well in school. Or they may not have gotten good grades and still suffer from the disapproval. However, many of those who didn't get the straight A's and top scores went on to build profitable careers in a … [Read more...] about Teaching Emotional Intelligence: The #1 Skill for Success
